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A Body in the Bath House by Lindsey Davis
Category: Fiction
AD75, and in Britain King Togidubnus of the Atrebates is running up huge bills for his fine new residence (known to us as Fishbourne Palace). Suspecting corruption, the frugal Emperor Vespasian demands an investigation and Falco - with his own pressing reasons to leave Rome - accepts the task.
A Body in the Bath House (Falco #13) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Fiction | Series: Falco
'There's nothing wrong with Britain ... that is if you leave out the mammoth travelling distance from one's dear Roman heritage ' AD 75. As a passion for home improvement sweeps through the Roman Empire, Falco struggles to deal with a pair of terrible bath-house contractors who have been causing him mi ...Show more
A Capitol Death by Davis Lindsey
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Flavia Albia
In Rome, ruled by the erratic Emperor Domitian, Flavia Albia is dragged into the worst sort of investigation-a politically charged murder-in Lindsey Davis' next historical mystery, A Capitol Death.A man falls to his death from the Tarpeian Rock, which overlooks the Forum from the Capitoline Hill in anci ...Show more
A Capitol Death (#7 Flavia Albia) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Flavia Albia Ser.
A tragic accident . . . or was it? Emperor Domitian has been awarded (or rather, has demanded) yet another Triumph to celebrate two so-called victories. Preparations are going smoothly until one of the men overseeing arrangements for the celebration accidentally falls to his death from a cliff on the s ...Show more
A Comedy of Terrors by Lindsey Davis
Category: Fiction | Series: Flavia Albia Ser.
Saturnalia, the Romans' mid-December feast, nominally to celebrate the sun's rebirth but invariably a drunken riot. Flavia Albia needs a case to investigate, but all work is paused. The Aventine is full of fracturing families. Wives plot to leave their husbands, husbands plot to spend more time with t ...Show more
A Comedy of Terrors (#9 Flavia Albia) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Flavia Albia Ser.
Saturnalia, the Romans' mid-December feast, nominally to celebrate the sun's rebirth but invariably a drunken riot. Flavia Albia needs a case to investigate, but all work is paused. The Aventine is full of fracturing families. Wives plot to leave their husbands, husbands plot to spend more time w ...Show more
A Comedy of Terrors (#9 Flavia Albia) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Series: Flavia Albia Ser.
***The Sunday Times Crime Club Star Pick*** 'Lighthearted, witty and effortlessly clever, just like its wonderful heroine, this is a window into ancient Rome, and a tonic and a joy to read' The Observer Saturnalia, the Romans' mid-December feast, nominally to celebrate the sun's rebirth but invariably ...Show more
Alexandria by Lindsey Davis
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Series: Falco
For Marcus Didius Falco, agent to the Emperor Vespasian, Alexandria holds fascination and a hint of fear. Beautiful, historic and famously unruly, the great cosmopolitan city wears Roman rule lightly. While his wife, Helena Justina, wants to see the Lighthouse and the Pyramids, Falco has a mission at th ...Show more
Alexandria (#19 Falco) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Fiction | Series: Marcus Didius Falco Ser.
In Roman times, the Seven Ancient Wonders fo the World held a deep fascintation. Two of them were in Egypt" the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Lighthouse at Alexandria. Marcus Didius Falco's wife Helen Justina is deemined to see them before her next confinement. Conveniently, he has and uncle with a h ...Show more
Deadly Election (#3 Flavia Albia) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Flavia Albia
In the blazing July heat of imperial Rome, Flavia Albia inspects a decomposing corpse. It has been discovered in lots to be auctioned by her family business, so she's determined to identify the dead man and learn how he met his gruesome end. The investigation will give her a chance to work with the magi ...Show more
Deadly Election (#3 Flavia Albia) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Flavia Albia
In the blazing July heat of imperial Rome, Flavia Albia inspects a decomposing corpse. It has been discovered in lots to be auctioned by her family business, so she's determined to identify the dead man and learn how he met his gruesome end. The investigation will give her a chance to work with the magi ...Show more